echlach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish echlach.

Noun

echlach f (ā-stem, genitive singular echlaige, nominative plural echlacha)

1. messenger, courier; attendant
2. prostitute

Descendants

• Irish: eachlach

Mutation

Mutation of echlach

radical	lenition	nasalization
echlach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-echlach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 echlach (‘messenger’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 echlach (‘prostitute’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From echall +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.xləx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈe.xlax]
  • (Griffith) [ˈe.xləx]

Noun

echlach f (genitive echlaige, nominative plural echlacha)

1. messenger, courier; attendant

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	echlachL	echlaigL	echlachaH
vocative	echlachL	echlaigL	echlachaH
accusative	echlaigN	echlaigL	echlachaH
genitive	echlaigeH	echlachL	echlachN
dative	echlaigL	echlachaib	echlachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: echlach
  • Irish: eachlach

Mutation

Mutation of echlach

radical	lenition	nasalization
echlach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	echlach	n-echlach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 echlach (‘messenger’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language